Spaces are still available for the following exciting and informative sustainable living workshops:

Saturday 28 August

Fermenters Kitchen 9 am to 4 pm
Limited places. Expand your bacterial horizons, cultivate your prebiotic oligosaccharides and join us for a day of cultured beverages, foraged fruits, pickled veggies and other wild microbial wonders. In this hands-on workshop you’ll learn the art of traditional food processing and get to sample and enjoy healthy and nutritious fermented foods.

To book or for more information, please contact us or download a booking form.  Or why not give the gift of sustainable living to a loved one with a Workshop Gift Voucher?

Re-energise City Farm with the celebration of the longest night of the year.

Saturday 19 June 2010: 4 to 10.30 pm

Featuring entertainment from:
* Spankinhide * Kooi * Ruby Blue * Neo Combo * The Luvs * Vulcana Circus *

• Roving performers, circus acts and exciting fire twirling!
• Fabulous food (on sale from 4pm) and refreshing drinks.
• Children’s activities and workshops (4-7pm) ending in a special bonfire for families in the early evening.
• Farm tours and other activities.
• Amazing prizes to give away.
• Traditional fire sculpture and a bonfire ceremony to complete the celebrations.

Bring a rug, dancing shoes and a party attitude!

Register as a volunteer
Contact us for more information

Awesome workshop! Only offered once this year!

Book before Thursday afternoon (10 June) as this workshop is off-site and we need to get all the details to you before the day.

Learn how to build a versatile, efficient earth oven for baking, roasting, and even oven-drying foods. During this hands-on workshop we will actually build an oven. (more…)

It’s not too late to join the latest Permaculture Design Course (PDC)!  We are still taking enrolees this week for this amazing opportunity to make a long-term difference. Call us this week on 07 3857 8775 or download a booking form.

More details on our Education page.

*Special*

Tuesday 18 to Sunday 30 May, 2010

Aloe vera (Aloe vera barbadensis sp.)

Aptly named the living first aid plant, no garden should be without this amazing plant. As a succulent, Aloe is hardy and easy to grow and propagate. Aloe prefers full sun and is frost-tender. It grows well in pots and can be moved around into warm conditions during winter if necessary.

Aloe has been used medicinally for more than 5000 years. It is arguably the most useful plant we know. It’s uses include – but not limited to – healing and soothing burns, minor cuts and abrasions, allergies and abscesses, inhibiting pain, relieving bowel issues, killing parasites, fungi and bacteria in the digestive system, stimulating and boosting the immune system, and the list goes on.

More information is available at Isabell Shipard’s Herbs are special web site.

Advanced mature Aloe plants (5-6 years old) are now available at Edible Landscapes Nursery for only $10.

Sadly, this Saturday’s chicken tractor workshop has had to be postponed. If you’d like to register your interest with us, please contact us. When we get enough people, we can look at finding a new date for the workshop.

If any of our Northey Street mates are coming along the Organic Markets this weekend, feel free to bring your electricity and gas bill and your attention to learn about how to minimise the the energy usage of your home appliances. Luke Reade will be at the Low Carbon Diet information stall with his expertise and several power meters giving advice on how to reduce your power bill and carbon emissions.

Bring your questions.
How green is your green power?
How do you go about installing solar power or solar hot water?
What are renewable energy targets or RECs?
How could you get caught out?
How much energy does your fridge or air conditioner use and what does it cost?

For the next few Sunday mornings, Luke will be available to answer all these questions, free of charge.

The Permaculture Design Certificate gives a good overview of permaculture principles and practice, with an emphasis on design. At Northey Street City Farm, we include significant hands-on practical experience as well. This course is simply the best way to learn how to design your sustainable garden and property.

$1190 per person full fee, $890 concession.

Contact us on 07 3857 8775, 9 am to 4 pm, Tuesday to Thursday for bookings.

More information on the Courses and Workshops page, or email infor@nscf.org.au

Northey Street City Farm is hosting a tour of the Sunday Organic Market Farmer Stall holders. Meet them and get to know their stories.

This tour is part of Northey Street City Farm’s Low Carbon Diet Program which helps you to reduce your carbon emissions. Come and say hello at the NSCF Information Stall. Tour starts from the stall at 9 am on Sunday 9 and 16 May.

Tuesday 11 May to Sunday 16 May 2010

Marjoram (Origanum sp.)

Perennial groundcover. Tea made from leaves is good for sore throats and to aid digestion. Tasty served with savoury dishes, meats, eggs, mushrooms and salads.

Marjoram is now available at Edible Landscapes Nursery for $3.50.